The High Court has ruled that the government’s Right To
Rent scheme breaches human rights law in a damning verdict on government
immigration policy. Mr Justice Martin Spencer ruled that the scheme breached
the European Convention on Human Rights on the basis that it led to discrimination
against non-UK nationals with the right to rent and British ethnic minorities. Referring
extensively to argument and evidence provided by the RLA, Justice Spencer
concluded that discrimination by landlords was taking place “because of the
Scheme”. He went on to conclude that “the government’s own evaluation failed to
consider discrimination on grounds of nationality at all – only on grounds of
ethnicity”. Read more on 24housing.
England’s housing courts at breaking point as renters battle no-fault
evictions
-
Courts said to be ‘overloaded’ as landlords sell properties and tenants
with nowhere to go try to delay evictions
It is a Wednesday afternoon at Stratfor...
2 weeks ago
No comments:
Post a Comment